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Scottish ministers were facing accusations last night that they were leaving
families to languish on housing waiting lists after official figures showed
that the number of homes being built has slumped by 25 per cent in a year.

The construction industry calls it a housing crisis and says almost half a
million properties will be required over the next two decades to meet
demand. At current rates of construction, they said, there will be a
shortfall of 160,000.

Charities for the homeless said there was “no good news” in the house-building
figures released by the Scottish Government, and that Scots